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8.5.3 Example 
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The following program defines three handlers that just print out their
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import xml.parsers.expat

# 3 handler functions
def start_element(name, attrs):
    print 'Start element:', name, attrs
def end_element(name):
    print 'End element:', name
def char_data(data):
    print 'Character data:', repr(data)

p = xml.parsers.expat.ParserCreate()

p.StartElementHandler = start_element
p.EndElementHandler = end_element
p.CharacterDataHandler = char_data

p.Parse("""&lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt;
&lt;parent id="top"&gt;&lt;child1 name="paul"&gt;Text goes here&lt;/child1&gt;
&lt;child2 name="fred"&gt;More text&lt;/child2&gt;
&lt;/parent&gt;""", 1)
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The output from this program is:

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Start element: parent {'id': 'top'}
Start element: child1 {'name': 'paul'}
Character data: 'Text goes here'
End element: child1
Character data: '\n'
Start element: child2 {'name': 'fred'}
Character data: 'More text'
End element: child2
Character data: '\n'
End element: parent
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